Brahant (adj.) [cp. Vedic bṛhant, of bṛh2 to increase, to be great or strong; paribṛdha solid (cp. brūha, paribrahaṇa & paribrūhana), Av. bərəƶat high; Arm. barjr high; Oir. brī, Cymr. bre mountain; Goth. baurgs "borough," Ohg. etc. burg "burgh," i. e. fortress; Ger. berg mountain. -- The fundamental notion is that of an increase above normal or the ordinary: vuddhi (of vṛdh) is used in explns of the term; thus Dhtp 344 (Dhtm 506) baha braha brūha=vuddhiyaŋ; VvA 278 brahā=vuddhā. Its use is almost entirely restricted to poetry] very great, vast, high, lofty, gigantic; nom. sg. brahā Sn 410, 550; Th 1, 31; J iii.117 (=dīgha C.); iv.111 (su˚); 647; Pviv.310 (of a huge tree), acc. sg. brahantaŋ A iii.346; VvA 182; nom. pl. also brahantā Vv 524 (=mahantā VvA 224; of the Yama -- dūtā or Death's giant messengers). -- f. brahatl J v.215 (=uḷārā C.); also given as N. of a plant Abhp 588. -- Superl. brahaṭṭha (=Sk. barhiṣṭha; on inversion bar>bra cp. Sk. paribarhanā>P. paribrahaṇa) in ˚puppha a large or fully developed blossom J v.416.   -- arañña woodlands, vast forest A i.187. -- vana the wild wood, immense forest A i.152; iii.44; Vv 633; J v.215. -- sukha ( -- vihāra -- jjhāna -- jhāyin) (a thinker enjoying his meditations in) immense happiness Miln 226 (in characterisation of the term "brāhmaṇa").